“He was like a damaged bird. And they always die, she thought.”
“absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird”
“But now, I know, how absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird.”
“In the dim light of the computer screen he seemed otherworldly; Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage.”
“Well, he was certainly desirable-as desirable as Sam, maybe. Sam-when had she ever thought of him as desirable? He'd laugh until he died if ever knew she thought of him like that.”
“Julia thought him beautiful, though she knew it was the beauty of damage.”